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10 for today: Thursday, Sept. 26

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. IN MINNESOTA, A ‘DEADLY PIPELINE’ TO TERROR NETWORK

The state is home to one of the largest Somali communities outside Somalia, and alienated young men there are vulnerable to recruitment by al-Shabab.

2. OBAMACARE STILL ON TRACK

A partial government shutdown next week would still leave the major parts of the health care law in place and rolling along.
3. IRAN SIGNALS IT WANTS TO TALK

A deal to resolve international concerns about the nation’s nuclear program would likely result in the easing of crippling economic sanctions.
4. NEW ALLIANCE BOOSTS ASSAD’S CLAIM THAT HE’S BATTLING EXTREMISTS

Nearly a dozen rebel factions, including one linked to al-Qaida, renounce any ties to the main Western-backed opposition group — and call for Islamic law.
5. WHO’S HOLDING HIS NOSE — AND ROLLING UP HIS SLEEVES

The new mayor is the latest to try to deodorize Mexico City, which outgrew its sewage system decades ago.